Edinburgh People's Festival

August Festival 2009
This year's August People's Festival included an arts competition on the theme 'Let The People Speak' with £1,000 in prize money available to local artists; an award winning exhibition funded by the National Lottery that tells the story of the Edinburgh People's Festival from its origins in the 1950's to the present day; the Radical Walk - a guided tour of 'that radical Edinburgh all too often overlooked'; the Rebus Tour - visits to landmarks made famous in Ian Rankin’s inimitable ‘Rebus’ novels; a concert inside Saughton prison; the 2nd Annual Hamish Henderson Memorial Lecture; the launch of a book celebrating the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns’ birth; a Comedy Night in Gorgie; and a grande finale evening with our 'Songs Of The People'.

Songs Of The People

Wendy Weatherby

Fiona Keenan

Townhouse
'Freedom Come All Ye'

Lee Patterson

Historical Walk: Radical Auld Reekie (Edinburgh)

Grassmarket	James Connolly by Allan Armstrong	Grassmarket
St Patrick's Church	New Calton Cemetery	Old Calton Cemetery
Abraham Lincoln	Princes St Gardens	Spanish Civil War

Arts Competition & Exhibition - Open Till 29 August 2009

Richard DeMarco & Colin Fox	Richard DeMarco	1st Prize Winner Steven Hood	Prize Winners
1st Prize Steven Hood	2nd Prize	2nd Prize Joyce Gunn Cairns	3rd Prize + Richard DeMarco Prize Henry Kondraki
3rd Prize Shelagh Atkinson	3rd Prize Alan Kilpatrick	Richard DeMarco Prize Shelagh Atkinson	People's Prize (to be chosen by popular) (vote at end of show)